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Thursday, 11 April 2013

Thoughtful Thursday: A Day In The Life

I saw this link on A Daydreamers Thoughts blog, so I thought I would take a page out of The Aussie Zombies book and do a day in the life of a blogger. Before I began blogging I would read whenever I wanted to with no schedule or deadline to work towards. I could pick books at random and put them down for long periods of time without feeling guilty.
I will admit to walking into blogging with my eyes shut, and didn't realise how much time and effort went into blogging. Reading books for my blog took on a whole new meaning, now I found myself reading on deadlines, finishing books as fast as possible and making sure to take plenty of notes for reviews. The Aussie Zombies made a post about a day in their life so below you will find what it's like for me.

I work full time in a nursery but also in shifts, so one week I can be on lates starting work at 9.30, or a week of earlies starting either 7.45 or 8.15 depending on the staff in the room. This Day In The Life of a Book Blogger will be an ideal day where I actually get out of bed on time and I am on a late shift.

6.30 - My first alarm goes off, yes you read that right, my first alarm.7.00 - My second and final alarm goes off and I slowly wake myself up with the help of my cat coming in to meow at me.7.05-8.05 - I stumble into the kitchen to make a coffee and get some breakfast. As my coffee is cooling I eat breakfast and continue to stumble around making sure I have everything in my bag. Once its organised I jump in the shower, find my less wrinkled uniform, throw my hair up in to a pony tail and quickly drink my almost cold coffee while putting my lunch in my bag.8.05 - I leave the house with my trusty faithful iPod Classic (yes its old, but in the 5 years I have had it not once has it let me down) and walk 5 mins to the bus station and wait another 5-10 mins for the bus to arrive.8.20-8.30 - Listening to my iPod, usually an audiobook as I make my way to work on the bus.8.30-9.30 - Put my stuff away in my locker, food in the fridge, make another coffee and get about 45 minutes of reading time in before I have to be in the room.9.30-1.00 - Work, work and more work, if the weather is nice then we take the children on a walk.1.00-2.00 - DINNER, and more coffee and more reading, I have perfected the art of eating one handed so I can squeeze more reading time in.2.00-5.30 - Work again5.30-6.15 - I walk home from work, depending how slow I dawdle depends on the time I get home, my slowest is usually 45 minutes.6.15-7.00 - Eating tea, putting clothes onto wash if needed and making sure I have uniform for tomorrow. If tea isn't made I usually make a start on it as soon as I get home.7.00-8.30 - TV time with BF, or movie time, whatever we feel like before he gets a quick nap in before work.8.30-10.00 - TV for my own shows like Glee, Greys Anatomy etc10.00-11.30 - More reading but usually an eBook as I don't take my Ipad to work with me.11.30-12.00 - Shower time, preparing dinner for next day at work and making sure I have a dry uniform if they are all in the wash.12.00-12.30 - I put my audiobook back on to listen too as I go to sleep, it is always set to switch off after 30 mins. Before I get lectures on the danger of sleeping while listening to my iPod its a special pillow that I can plug my iPod into during the night

As you can see, I try to squeeze as much reading time as possible in my day. My sleep time is up the wall and I rarely get to bed before midnight unless I am sick. The lateness of my bed time was because I used to stay up talking to my friend in America, so I would go to bed as she was finishing her work day and I did it for so long I have found it hard to get back into a proper routine.
If you are interested in posting about your Day In The Life then feel free to contact me.

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